Ice bowl



July 20 1926.

c. H. HARR ICE BOWL Filed Feb. 24

CHARLES H. HARE, OE VJICHITA FALLS, 'lEXAS.

ICE BOVL.

Application filed February 24, 13535.

This invention relates to a bowl especially adapted for chipping ice, and. 001m prises all improvements over the prior art, which are disclosed in this application. The primary object is to produce a one piece wooden bowl which can hold water without warping, cracking. chec ring, or decaying. After much experimenting. I have found that a bowl can be made in one piece of California red wood which will thus withstand the effects of water. The primary use of this bowl is for chipping ice, although I contemplate using it for flowers fruit, nuts, etc.

Another object is to produce a bowl of such contour as to be especially adapted for chipping ice, so as to prevent the ice chips from flying out of the bowl. This is accomplished by curving; the wall of the bowl upwardly and inwardly to produce a concave inner face which catches and throws back the chips of ice.

The above and other objects which will hereinafter appear, are attained by improvements embodying; new and useful features as disclosed in this application.

To enable others skilled in the art to so fully comprehend the essential features of the inuarovements that they may embody same by the modifications contemplated by the improvements disclosed in this applica tion, a drawing; illustrating}; a preferred form has been annexed as a part of this disclosure.

The figure of the drawing is a diametrical sectional view of the bowl.

It has been well known for many years that a one piece bowl of wood tends to warp, crack, and check a result of contact with water. This is clearly indicated in Patent 1.351940 to Berry, who proposes to solve the diiliculty by means of a metal reinforcing ring.

After much testing and experimenting with many kinds of wood I have found that these difficulties are overcome by lllfl-klllf}; the

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bowl of California red wood. liy thus male ins: a bowl of this wood I am enabled to successfully use the bowl for chipping ice without substantial injury from warping. cracking. or checking.

lo order to finish the inside of the bowl and increase the resistance to the effects of water, 1 coat the inner surface preferably with a mixture of live parts shellac solution and one part raw linseed oil. preferably ap plied with brush and rubbed on while the bowl is being rotated in a manner well known to those skilled in the art of finish turned objects of wood. The outside of the bowl may be left plain or it may be enameled and decorated in any desired manner.

The bowl is preferably annular in shape with a bottom 1 and a wall The upper portion of wall 2 is curved inwardly at 3 so that the inner edge-4: overhangs the wall .2 of the bowl. This construction results in producing an inner face portion 5 which catches and throws back chips of ice which. strike it during the process of chipping the ice.

l l ithout further elaboration, this disclosure will so fully reveal the gist of the improvements that. others can, by applying current knowledge, readily vary these improvements without omitting certain features that, from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic specific aspects of these improvements, therefore such, variations are intended to be comprehended within the meaning: and range of eduiviu loncy of the following; claims.

l claim 1. A bowl made of red wood and having; an upper, inner edge. inwardly overhanging: the wall of the bowl.

2. An. ice chipping; bowl made of wood and having an upper, inner edge, inwardly overhanging the wall of the bowl.

CHAS. H. HARE.

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